RiP!: A Remix Manifesto
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| Directed by | Brett Gaylor |
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Daniel Cross Mila Aung Thwin Ravida Din Sally Bochner (of the NFB) |
| Written by | Brett Gaylor |
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Girl Talk Lawrence Lessig Cory Doctorow Gilberto Gil |
| Music by | Olivier Alary |
| Cinematography | Mark Ellam |
| Edited by | Brett Gaylor Tony Asimakopoulos |
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Documentary Canal D B-Side Entertainment |
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86 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
RiP!: A Remix Manifesto is a 2008 open-source documentary film about "the changing concept of copyright" directed by Brett Gaylor.e
Created over a period of six years, the documentary film features the collaborative remix work of hundreds of people who have contributed to the Open Source Cinema website, helping to create the "world's first open source documentary" as Gaylor put it. The project's working title was Basement Tapes, (referring to the album of the same name) but it was renamed RiP!: A Remix Manifesto prior to theatrical release. Gaylor encourages more people to create their own remixes from this movie, using media available from the Open Source Cinema website, or other websites like YouTube, Flickr, Hulu, or MySpace.
Gaylor traveled the world to find like-minded people who would help him draft the "Remixer's Manifesto" that makes up the structure of his open source documentary. The manifesto reads as follows:
To further his point, Gaylor separates the corporations from the public domain, defining the former using so-called "CopyRIGHT," and the latter, which represents the free exchange of ideas, as "CopyLEFT." Gaylor and Gillis are clearly on the side of the Copyleft, promoting the free flow and growth of creativity and ideas. To enable a free remixing culture also with his film, he released RiP! under the CC BY-NC-SA 3.0Creative Commons license.
The documentary is particularly interested in the legal of remixing existing works. The film features appearances by:
The 1710 Statute of Anne gave authors the exclusive rights to their works. The documentary was able to be made and distributed due to the part of copyright law deemed fair use, the ability to use copyrighted works to prove a point. Fair use allows for free speech. Due to the fact that Gaylor tries to prove a point about copyright law and the rights of artists in his film, he is legally allowed to use examples to get his point across. He uses remixed music in the film to give examples of what would be considered illegal. The film also discusses the consequences of illegal downloading and copyright infringement.
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